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Being placed into public office is not a 'financial breakthrough'!
Having become what were referred to as Boy Scouts in those days (now simply known as Scouts, since girls are now part of the movement) from a very tender age, I learnt some vital values and principles...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Our fathers back then: strict disciplinarians, but loving
"WHAT time is it now, and where have you been?" "Go back to where you have been, I will not have any of my children knocking at my door after 6pm!" (Uvela ngaphi ebusuku kunje, angiqoqodelwa ngu...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Clifford Kalibo
Parents need to raise up community-building driven children, as purposeless and idle kids likely to fall into crime and drugs
It is not everyday that a Zimbabwean wakes up to some uplifting and inspiring news - what with the continual eerie presence of a very dark cloud hanging over the nation, brought about by a government ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 14:26hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's bid to dissipate MDC might return to haunt it
LAST week's Zanu-PF politburo meeting was interesting in two ways - the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the party's vice president, and second secretary. I have never under...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF's eagerness to dissipate MDC might return to haunt them, as could be spur needed to finally urge Zimbabweans to stand up
Yesterday's ruling ZANU PF party Politburo (supreme body) meeting was interesting in two ways - firstly, the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the organization's vice preside...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Let's mould our pupils into future leaders, not dictators and 'Black Watchers' - the tragedy of being a prefect
Having endured nearly 4 decades of a merciless and vengeful dictatorship - and as Zimbabweans anxiously wait for a new democratic dawn - we are always asking whether the country is doing enough to mou...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'If you can dream - and not make dreams your master' sound advice wasted on Musewe
"If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;" advised the poet Rudyard Kipling. In Vince Musewe we have an example of someone who has made his dream of a free, just and prosperous...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 23:48hrs | 14 | by Wilbert Mukori
A warning from history: time is running out for Mugabe and his hardliners to accept regime change
When former ambassador and deputy minister, Amos Midzi, reportedly committed suicide last month it was no secret that he was up to his eyes in debt. That had not been a problem whilst he remained a s...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 21:24hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Man sexually abuses 10 boys
Police in Harare have arrested an Epworth man on allegations of sexually abusing 10 school boys under the guise of training them to be boy scouts. According to national police spokesperson, ...Published: 07 Jan 2015 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council evicts 72 families
ABOUT 72 families have been left homeless after the Bulawayo City Council evicted them from the municipality's Hyde Park Estate following the granting of a High Court order barring their occupation of...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Mashudu Netsianda and Sifundiso Ndlovu
Man drinks own urine to survive
La Paz - The sole survivor of a plane crash in Bolivia stayed alive by eating insects, drinking his own urine and painting an arrow in the ground with his blood to show rescuers where he was, accordin...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 10:17hrs | | by Sapa
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